Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Strike

Cloe Poisson, Hartford Courant

Katherine Martin, an operating room technician at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital for 17 years, waves and honks her horn as she passes striking nurses and technicians as they picket in front of the hospital Wednesday morning after contract negotiations broke down on Tuesday. About 800 workers walked off the job. Martin has been on medical leave as she battles breast cancer and is too weak to walk the line, so she decided to show her support in another way. She also made several coffee runs for the striking workers.

Katherine Martin, an operating room technician at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital for 17 years, waves and honks her horn as she passes striking nurses and technicians as they picket in front of the hospital Wednesday morning after contract negotiations broke down on Tuesday. About 800 workers walked off the job. Martin has been on medical leave as she battles breast cancer and is too weak to walk the line, so she decided to show her support in another way. She also made several coffee runs for the striking workers. (Cloe Poisson, Hartford Courant)

Katherine Martin, an operating room technician at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital for 17 years, waves and honks her horn as she passes striking nurses and technicians as they picket in front of the hospital Wednesday morning after contract negotiations broke down on Tuesday. About 800 workers walked off the job. Martin has been on medical leave as she battles breast cancer and is too weak to walk the line, so she decided to show her support in another way. She also made several coffee runs for the striking workers.